Golden Perfection

  The XXIII Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea from February 9 to 25 is over.        On to the XXIVth edition of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China from February 4 to 20 in 2022.        Everyone who dreams to be the best and is determined to excel physically and skillfully in winter sports has another four years to… Read More »

REFUND OF CONDOMINIUM PAYMENTS

Q.We bought a condo in Recto last 2014, however since we were overseas based, they were only able to provide us with a receipt with unit number. They did not not bother na mag provide ng any contract and we paid in full P6.5m.   They promised na tapos na ang condo in 2016. However its already 2018… Read More »

The Pope and fake news

  MANILA The Pope has spoken. Fake news is “satanic.” Fake news has taken the world by storm. It’s the rage among world leaders who crave to be tyrants. Fake news and blatant lying have become destructive weapons of cowardly leaders. They abuse their power by intimidating their own people through abominable language and macho posturing. Why do… Read More »

It’s happening again

One gets the feeling of déjà vu as students of the state-owned University of the Philippines prepare to hold massive protests against the country’s continued slide to dictatorship under the repressive regime of President Rodrigo Duterte.   The day after several UP students walked out of their classes to join the National Day of Walkout Against Tyranny and… Read More »

O Canada

  Just when you thought our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could not possibly be more nauseating and frivolous, he showed up at a town hall meeting in Nanaimo, British Columbia and decided to correct one young woman on the wording of her question, which apparently constituted for Trudeau a violation of the “inclusivity” that he values so highly.… Read More »

ALDEN, MAINE ON NEW ISSUE

Alden Richards’ actor-best friend Kristoffer Martin created a stir among Alden-Maine Mendoza followers. Recently, Kristoffer posted a tweet that hurting a woman is a disgrace which Aldub loyalists interpreted as ‘patutsada niya kina Alden at Maine.” They lambasted him for that but sans admitting he referred it to Alden, Kristoffer sort of drossed to say sorry to the… Read More »

Go ahead, bully, punch us some more

  What happened to you, Harry?   University of the Philippines professor Danny Arao asked this question recently as he questioned presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s 180-degree turn on issues pertaining to press freedom and human rights. Arao reminded Roque, his friend and colleague, that he championed press freedom and human rights before he accepted the position defending President… Read More »

Cheer Up!

As they say, all legs lead to PyeongChang, South Korea; and all eyes and ears are glued to this county (population: about 45,000; elevation: 750 meters) in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region.       But other than being an ideal site for the Winter Olympics that began on February 9 and will run… Read More »

THE BIG FISH THAT GOT AWAY

CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – I don’t blame some of our kababayans (country mates) if they decide for themselves in handling discrimination cases against their employers instead of reaching out to some local community civil rights groups, like the ubiquitous American Civil Liberties Union or the Asian Pacific American Pacific Legal Center (APALC), before locking up on a lawyer that… Read More »

Worldwide Women’s March

Last weekend was the second annual “Women’s March,” featuring a lot of profane anti-Trump signs and rants about the rights women have lost, but precious few details about what those might be. Even some older feminists are starting to question the point of recent feminist actions that are actually setting women back in the workplace and that seem… Read More »